Supply-reel for wire-coils.



APPLICATION FILED NV. 28 I9II.

Patented Deo. 17, I918.

1FRAK H. SLEEPER, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SLEEPERHARTLEY, INC., F WORCESTER, MAS CHUSETTS. i

SACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF rIll/{ASSA- SUPPLY-.REEL FOR`VlIItilil-COILS.

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Application filed Ntiyember To all whom t may concern. l

Be it known that I, FRANK H. SLEEPER, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester andCommonwealth of l\Iassachusetts,Unitcd States of America, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Supply-Reels for Wire-Coils, of whichthe following, together with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

. The present invention relates to improvements inv reels of the typeemployed for supporting coils of wire and the like, and from" L whichthe wire is drawn, either continuouslyr or intermittently, for use invarious types ot" Tsatire working machinery. .t

.''llhe invention resides iniy a novel constructioi'r'f'f reel whichv isadapted to prevent 'spreading or springino out of the coil of wire heldthereon by the natural resiliency of the material, and which isadjustable to 'various sizes of coils held thereon regards theinnerperipheries of said coils. The invention is fully set forthin thefollowing description, reference being' had in this con-y nection 4tothe accompanying drawings, iu which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation ofmy i111- proved reel.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reel shown in Fi .1.

1g-`ig. 3 is an enlarged View of the reel,

partly in elevation and partly in vertical section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H, Fig. 3.

Simlar'refcrence characters refer to similar parts in the dill'eieutfigures.

As shown in Fig. 1, the reel is carried'on a post or shaft 1, whichrises from a suitable base 2. An elongated sleeve 3 surrounds shaft 1and is movable rotatively and longitudinally with respect thereto. Atthe upper and lower ends of said sleeve are secured tively, and attachedby rivets 9 or the like, to the plates 4 and 5 respectively. In thisplates 4 and 5, respectively, which plates con- Specicatibn of LettersPatent. Epatgnted lg, 1 7, 1918,

28, 1917. Serial No. 204,456.

way askeleton core portion is formed for the;

reel which extends throughout 'the -entire length ot the sleeve 8, andwhich is4 rotatable bodil)y as a unit about the shaft 1. As herein shownsaid core portion is truste-conical in outline, due to the lowerhorizontal sections S o the bars or strips beinglongerthanreel providesan adjustable coil supporting and .confining men'iber which" as hereinshown comprisesl a casting or plate lOadjustably,secured to the sleeveShy means of a set screw ,11, or the like. Radiating troni the 12, hereshown as 1n number, withtheir outer ends upturned to form a circularseries of `vertical sections '13, joined'atftheir tops byrivets 14 orvthe like to a ring 15. The floor or bottom of th and'eonining portionof the reel is Constr tuted by the horizontal portions of the bars 12,and itl. outer wall is'c'onstitutcdby the vertical sections 13. The coilsupporting 4and confining portion of the rcel rotates in unison with thecore portion, due to the attachment of plate or casting 10 to the sleeve3, and hence the strips G constitute the inner wall of the.corereceiving space, as indicated in Fig. 3. It will thus be seen thatthe rcel is adjustable to coils of wire of varying diameters, owing tothe frusto-conical form of the core portion, and to the above'dcscribedadjustable connection of the coil supporting and confining portion tosaid core portion. For a coil of wire of small internal diameter thecoil supporting and conining portion is secured near the top of thesleeve 3 by the set screw 11, while for a a coil of larger internaldiameter it is moved downward For preventing convolutions of the coilfrom springing up and out ofthe an nular coil receiving space thusprovided, the projecting lingersV 16 are preferably employed, theselingers being adjustably secured to the inclined portions of the strips6 by means of thumb screws 17, 'or the like. The reel'as above describedis supported on the shaft casting` 10 is a series of barslQ,

is coil supportingl rre 'l by means of a collar 18,

' like, which 'may be loosened to effect a vertical adjustment of saidcollar and thereby vary the height of the reel to suit diierentconditions of operation. Said collar 18v provides a groove 19 in itsouter surface for the reception of a pair of segmental members 20, 20,'having projecting arms 21, 21, which receive between them a dependingpin 22, secured te the plate 5 of the reel structure. The 'members 20,20, are held in contact with the groove in collar 18 by means of a bolt23 passing loosely through the arms 21 and carrying a spring 24 betweenone of said arms and a nut 25 on the end of said bolt. The spring 24draws the members 20, 20. together, yieldingly, so as to hold them inthe groove of collarl 18, and thereby said members constitute a brakefor the reel, to slacken its rotation when the draft on the wii'e beingdrawn therefrom ceases. Such a `brake is delicately adjustable by meansof the nut 25, which may be moved on the bolt 23 to increase or decreasethe friction or'drag of members 20 on the collar 18 as conditionsrequire.

I claim,

1. In a device of the character described, a Jrusto-conical core sectionand a surrounding coil supporting section axially adjustable relative onsaid core section.

2. In a device of the character described, a fiusto-con-ical coresection a surrounding coil supporting section extending beyond the coresection, and means for adjustably supporting said coil. supportingsection on said core section, whereby it isv capable of axial adjustmenton the core section. v

3. In a device of the character described, a rotatable core sectionfrusto-conical in 'Leanne cross section, a coil supporting sectionextending beyond said core section, means for supporting said coilsection on the core section capable of axial adjustment thereon,

section and comprising a series of spaced longitudinal bars, a. coilsupporting section extending beyond and adjustably supported by the coresection, and fingers adjustably held on said longitudinal bars andoverhaiiging said coil supporting section.

6. In a device of the character described, a vertical shaft, a supporttherefor, a core section truste-conical in cross section and comprisinga sleeve vertically adjustable on said shaft, a. coil supporting sectionadjustably held on said sleeve and extending beyond the core section,and means for adjusting said sleeve on said shaft.

7 A. supply reel for coils, comprising a rotatable skeleton coreportion, frusto-coiiical in form, and a surrounding attached coilsupporting portion, circular in form, and means for adjusting said lastnamed portion axially with respect to said irst named portion, wherebyto vary the internal diameter of the annular coil receiving space.

Dated this 23rd day of November, 1917.

' FRANK H. SLEEPER.

Witnesses:

Gro. I-l. KENNEDY, Jr., Gnoncn D. HAR'ILEY.

